IF IT WALKS LIKE ....
by Jos van Kan.
Playing Imps you hold as west in 4th seat, all vulnerable
and partner opens in
second seat with 1
. RHO overcalls 1
and you have just enough for a negative double. This earns little respect
from LHO, who jumps to 3
, partner passes
and RHO goes to game. So the bidding has been:
west |
north |
east |
south |
-- |
pass |
1 |
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X |
3![](s.gif) |
pass |
4 |
pass |
pass |
pass |
|
You lead
K and the dummy comes
down with
Partner encourages with
8, you
continue Clubs and partner wins with
Q
as declarer follows to both rounds (with 4 and 6). Partner now surprisingly
switches to
T, won in dummy with
the
Q and declarer continues with
a second round of trumps on which partner tosses a
,
as declarer wins the Ace. Declarer continues with
Q
from hand.
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Who has
A? Who has
Q?
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How many Clubs does partner have at least?
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Who has
9?
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How many tricks does declarer have? <br> a) if partner has 6 clubs
<br> b) if partner has 5 clubs
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How do you defend?
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